Scalable and flexible information security for industrial automation

a technology for industrial automation and information security, applied in the field of industrial system automation, can solve the problems of affecting and the conventional factory floor security system is inflexible, so as to facilitate the implementation of zonal security, compromising performance and throughput, and compromising the security of other devices/processes
US8132225B2Active Publication Date: 2012-03-06ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Patents(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH
Publication Date
2012-03-06

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Abstract

A security system that relates to industrial automation security comprises a component that receives a request to modify security relating to a zone of a factory floor, the zone being less than an entirety of the factory floor. A zonal security component generates security procedures for the zone, the security procedures differ from security procedures implemented on the factory floor outside the zone.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The subject invention relates generally to industrial system automation, and more particularly to security relating to factory floor devices within the industrial system.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] Advancements in technology have allowed many factory environments to become partially or completely automated in many circumstances, thus improving output in terms of both quality and efficiency. For example, applications that once required workers to put themselves proximate to heavy machinery and other various hazardous conditions can now be completed at a safe distance from such hazards. Further, imperfections associated with human action have been minimized through employment of highly precise machines. Many of these factory devices supply data related to manufacturing to databases that are accessible by system / process / project managers on a factory floor. For instance, sensors can detect a number of times a particular machine has completed an operation given ...

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